Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals: Time, TV channel for first game after trade deadline

Detroit Tigers (52-57) vs Kansas City Royals (59-49)

When: 6:40 p.m. Thursday.

Where: Comerica Park in Detroit.

TV: Bally Sports Detroit. (Xfinity customer? The blackout is over for BSD. Read more about it here).

Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1)

Probable Pitchers: Tigers TBD vs Royals RHP Seth Lugo (12-5, 2.66 ERA)

Weather: 32% chance of thunderstorms and mid 80s.

Lineup: TBD.

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Game Notes: The Tigers welcome the Royals for a four-game series at Comerica Park. The Royals lead the season series 4-2.

This will be the Tigers’ first game after the trade deadline, and after a busy few hours, the team will look quite a bit different. The trade festivities started when the Tigers sent catcher Carson Kelly to the Texas Rangers in exchange for catcher Liam Hicks and right-hander Tyler Owens. The move also helped the Tigers open up a spot on the roster for highly-touted catcher Dillon Dingler to come up from Triple-A Toledo.

The Tigers traded left-handed reliever Andrew Chafin to the Texas Rangers in exchange for right-hander Joseph Montalvo and right-handed reliever Chase Lee. 

The Tigers also traded right-handed pitcher Jack Flaherty to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for catcher/first baseman Thayron Liranzo and shortstop Trey Sweeney from the Dodgers. Lastly the Tiger traded outfielder Mark Canha to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for right-handed reliever Eric Silva from the Giants.

Amidst all the different moves, the Tigers’ rotation is very much in flux. Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris said Tuesday that Flaherty would have gotten the start on Thursday had the team not dealt him, but it’s looking like it will be yet another bullpen-only game for the Tigers as they start a new series with the Kansas City Royals.